Eight Tragedies of ShakespeareBloomsbury Publishing, 15 feb. 2016 - 309 sidor 'This book rests on a lifetime's thinking about history. It helps us see Shakespeare in “a more realistic light”.' Times Literary Supplement The seventeenth century saw the brief flowering of tragic drama across Western Europe. And in the plays of William Shakespeare, this form of drama found its greatest exponent. These Tragedies, Kiernan argues, represented the artistic expression of a new social and political consciousness which permeated every aspect of life in this period. In this book, Kiernan sets out to rescue the Tragedies from the reductionist interpretations of mainstream literary criticism, by uncovering the wider historical context which shaped Shakespeare's writings. Opening with an overview of contemporary England, the development of the theatre, and a portrait of Shakespeare as a writer, Kiernan goes on to provide an in-depth analysis of eight of his Tragedies – from Julius Caesar to Coriolanus – drawing out their contrasts and recurring themes, and exploring their attitudes to monarchy, war, religion, philosophy, and changing relations between men and women. Featuring a new introduction by Terry Eagleton, this is an invaluable resource for those looking for a new perspective on Shakespeare's writings. |
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... come to terms with the shape of the sentences ' . Otherwise it remains a form of content analysis only . If one has a rebuke to level at this illuminating work . it is that it does not give artistic form the sustained attention it ...
... come to terms with the shape of the sentences ' . Otherwise it remains a form of content analysis only . If one has a rebuke to level at this illuminating work . it is that it does not give artistic form the sustained attention it ...
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... come . Renaissance man , or the élite known by that title to historians , was the product of a rebirth of knowledge and admiration of an ancient pagan civilization , Greek and Roman . He was very well pleased with himself and his ...
... come . Renaissance man , or the élite known by that title to historians , was the product of a rebirth of knowledge and admiration of an ancient pagan civilization , Greek and Roman . He was very well pleased with himself and his ...
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... come and gone , and shed much glory on the stage . But authors had many problems to grapple with , ' agonized confusion ' as Kernan says about their art and its purposes , and , most pressingly , how they were to pay their way ...
... come and gone , and shed much glory on the stage . But authors had many problems to grapple with , ' agonized confusion ' as Kernan says about their art and its purposes , and , most pressingly , how they were to pay their way ...
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... come first with Shakespeare was some emotional thrill or turmoil , struggling for expression like the visions of a Delphic priestess . Myth or plot would be chosen to suit it ; and it chose for itself , so to speak , a more ...
... come first with Shakespeare was some emotional thrill or turmoil , struggling for expression like the visions of a Delphic priestess . Myth or plot would be chosen to suit it ; and it chose for itself , so to speak , a more ...
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... comes closest to fitting this view is Othello . Yet even here the concern is not simply with one woman's alleged sin , but with what appears to be a prevalent social malady . Moreover the historical accompaniment , the conflict with ...
... comes closest to fitting this view is Othello . Yet even here the concern is not simply with one woman's alleged sin , but with what appears to be a prevalent social malady . Moreover the historical accompaniment , the conflict with ...
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Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare: A Marxist Study Victor Gordon Kiernan Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1996 |
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